Finished DSLR Shoulder Rig

DSLR Shoulder RIg

This is the unfinished skeleton of my DSLR shoulder rig/rail system. The shoulder piece will be outfitted with foam and a 2.5 pound weight bolted on the back to off set the heft of the camera and the matte box. Still to go, are two handles for the front the rig, some kind of follow focus system and a matte box(along with a groovy cool paint job). I will post images of the finished rig when it's done. So far I have not spent a cent on this build. All pieces used were scraps in my garage.


Below is a picture of a professional rig outfitted with camera and accessories.

Prop Flare Gun

This is a prop flare gun. The core of this build is a dollar store cap fun. I wanted the breech to open, so it could receive ammo. The barrel is PVC pipe aluminum from a soda pop can was used to conceal the joint. It was then spray painted orange and masked off black in select areas of the gun.

Bullet-Proof Vest

This is a bullet-proof vest I made. The total cost of the build was eight dollars. The core of the vest was made with exercise mat foam heated up over a stove and bent to the contours of the human torso. Various straps were just scraps of nylon I had lying around. The plates on the front were cut-outs of plasticard and plexiglass. The fabric is just one extra large t-shirt hot glued and stretched over the foam. If I could do it again, I would use a higher quality fabric than that of a t-shirt, such as nylon. I'm pretty happy with this build, all in all it is a pretty convincing vest, and definitely worth it for eight bucks.

Desk Illustrations

These are two illustrations I did from photographs of Katharine Hepburn and Robert Shaw's character from Jaws. They were done with colored pencil on old sketching paper.

GUNS GUNS GUNS!!!

These are some airsoft guns that I have sanded and spray-painted the orange tips on to look like realistic firearms. They are only to be used on a closed set and handled with discretion.

Masquerade Mask

This was a quick build I put together for a masquerade ballroom party a couple years back. It's just one of those blank theatre masks, cut up to look flashy. The design is inspired by Poe's Masque of the Red Death.